A good place to see this fleshed out is in Tim Keller's The Reason for God. One of the things he stresses is that atheists explain belief in God as an evolutionary development that improves fitness and survival, and thus should not be trusted since it comes only from the human mind. But of course this is highly hypocritical, since scientific discovery and our interpretation of scientific facts are also derived from the human mind. So if the human mind is not to be trusted in matters of religion, why should it be trusted in matters of science? How do we know our interpretation of scientific fact isn't a subconscious evolutionary mechanism to improve survival? If the human mind is weak and cannot be trusted, how can we trust it to "disprove" God?
Of course he goes into much more detail in the book, but the basic principle that science can disprove God is ludicrous. After many hours of biology and evolutionary course work, I can tell you it takes more faith to believe in Evolution than it does to believe in God.
Mason
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
New York, NY
"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool." - Isaiah 1:18
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